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and i like president obama, too. i have known him as a senator, i have known him as a friend, and i have known him as a president, and what i'm saying here is that he hasn't done the job, i don't believe he's going to do the job, i don't think he has the background to do the job, and for us to not put somebody who does in there may be catastrophic for the future of our country. with that, mr. president, i yield the floor. a senator: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from mississippi. mr. wicker: i ask unanimous consent that my friend from alabama and i be allowed to engage in a colloquy. the presiding officer: without objection. a senator: would the senator yield for a unanimous consent request? i ask unanimous consent that my full remarks be placed in the record at this point. the presiding officer: without objection. the senator from mississippi. mr. wicker: let me say from the outset that this senate is -- and this nation are profoundly fortunate to have had the services of senator orrin hatch for
and i like president obama, too. i have known him as a senator, i have known him as a friend, and i have known him as a president, and what i'm saying here is that he hasn't done the job, i don't believe he's going to do the job, i don't think he has the background to do the job, and for us to not put somebody who does in there may be catastrophic for the future of our country. with that, mr. president, i yield the floor. a senator: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from...
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i listened to the senator's explanation of obama -- president obama's goal was to cut down overpayments and things like that, fraud, abuse, put that money back in to helping beneficiaries. i ask the senator, isn't it true that both ryan budgets incorporate those very same cuts that president obama wants to do? mrs. boxer: absolutely. absolutely. both of his budgets takes the same amount. but instead of putting it back into medicare, he robs medicare and medicare will go broke. my understanding is in 2014, under the ryan plan. whereas president obama puts the money back into medicare, extends the life eight years and gives more benefits. mr. harkin: i thank the senator. mrs. boxer: so i will finish up and just say to you this: however you look at this, this ryan budget is a road map for disaster for the american people. he cuts the heart out of things the american people like. the american people want clean air, they want safe drinking water, they want medicare, they want to make sure our seniors can be safe in nursing homes. the american people want transportation, and they don't want t
i listened to the senator's explanation of obama -- president obama's goal was to cut down overpayments and things like that, fraud, abuse, put that money back in to helping beneficiaries. i ask the senator, isn't it true that both ryan budgets incorporate those very same cuts that president obama wants to do? mrs. boxer: absolutely. absolutely. both of his budgets takes the same amount. but instead of putting it back into medicare, he robs medicare and medicare will go broke. my understanding...
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president obama, stop leading from behind. president obama, lead an effort. right in our military faces devastating cuts that your own secretary of defense said we'd be shooting ourselves in the head, that webbed undermining our national security for generations. we heard what's happed happening in the world. lead, be the commander in chief. your leadership has been absent. you have been awol on this critical issue and our troops and nation deserves better. the presiding officer: the senator from south carolina. mr. graham: lucky you to be president today. we live in interesting times. you could receive the nobel peace prize for not being somebody else. four years later almost after the nobel peace prize has been awarded, where do we stand as a nation? osama bin laden is dead. that's good. that's a great accomplishment. the president should take plied in that. we should all celebrate the death of that evil man. but that's a -- that's not a foreign policy. is anybody deterred from attacking america in the middle east because bin laden is dead? has anybody said
president obama, stop leading from behind. president obama, lead an effort. right in our military faces devastating cuts that your own secretary of defense said we'd be shooting ourselves in the head, that webbed undermining our national security for generations. we heard what's happed happening in the world. lead, be the commander in chief. your leadership has been absent. you have been awol on this critical issue and our troops and nation deserves better. the presiding officer: the senator...
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obama. this president has led our efforts in this fight and i am honored -- it's an honor to serve with him in it is now my great honor to introduce our commander in chief. ladies and gentlemen, president barack obama. [applause] >> secretary panetta, general dempsey, members of our armed forces and most importantly to the families, the survivors and loved ones of those we lost, michelle and i are humbled to join you again on this solemn anniversary. today, we remember a day that began like so many others. there were rides to school and commutes to work, early routines, quick hugs and quiet moments. it was the day like this one, a clear blue sky, but a sky that would soon be filled with clouds of smoke and prayers of a nation shaken to its core. even now, all these years later, it is easy for those of us who lived through that day to close our eyes and to find ourselves back there, back here, back when it crashed over us like an awful wave and americans everywhere held each other tight, seek
obama. this president has led our efforts in this fight and i am honored -- it's an honor to serve with him in it is now my great honor to introduce our commander in chief. ladies and gentlemen, president barack obama. [applause] >> secretary panetta, general dempsey, members of our armed forces and most importantly to the families, the survivors and loved ones of those we lost, michelle and i are humbled to join you again on this solemn anniversary. today, we remember a day that began...
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president obama will make remarks there at 12:10 eastern. you will able to see live coverage of that on c-span. later today retired generals an admirals will discuss the effect on childhood obesity on national security. we hear about a new report improving the quality of food sold in schools. to teach kids to eat healthy meals and snacks. .. in court ruled on president obama's health care law. what is it? explain? >> guest: we file an action in january of 2011. within two weekly filed a separate action from the proceedings in florida. virginia enacted 28 states and the focus of our original lawsuit was about the constitutionality of the law in its totality. as related to the commerce clause, the individual mandate and began litigation and filed from the government. and to the supreme court, after the decision in june this year i filed a motion to lift the stage to the eastern district of federal courts asking judge white to consider an amendment to the complaint and the original challenge about constitutionality of the law this is about impl
president obama will make remarks there at 12:10 eastern. you will able to see live coverage of that on c-span. later today retired generals an admirals will discuss the effect on childhood obesity on national security. we hear about a new report improving the quality of food sold in schools. to teach kids to eat healthy meals and snacks. .. in court ruled on president obama's health care law. what is it? explain? >> guest: we file an action in january of 2011. within two weekly filed a...
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the obama administration understands that, which i think is one of the reasons they're supporting this proof of concept of what a new care model would look like. now, let me just wrap up with a few sort of general thoughts. i think we have a very narrow window in which to make an orderly transition to a new health care system before politics and economics drive us into a purely reactional posture. and i think the same thing's true of public education and energy policy and our approach to economic development. we are in the area of paradox, and it is absolutely important that we act while we still have the opportunity and the capacity to shape our own future. and as evidence, i would simply refer you back to that high-stakes game of chicken that took place in this town last august over raising the debt ceiling in order to keep the united states from defaulting on its then-$14 trillion national debt. i think we would all agree it was not our finest hour. in the end, congress kicked the can down the road by bumping the debt ceiling up $2.1 trillion but doing almost nothing to address the
the obama administration understands that, which i think is one of the reasons they're supporting this proof of concept of what a new care model would look like. now, let me just wrap up with a few sort of general thoughts. i think we have a very narrow window in which to make an orderly transition to a new health care system before politics and economics drive us into a purely reactional posture. and i think the same thing's true of public education and energy policy and our approach to...
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the obama campaign. they talked about a secret money during the ama. obama talked about super -- secret super pacs money, and allow the press coverage has also may not make distinctions in terminology and in meaning. do you think that politicians and the press corps should be held to a higher level and that? do you see hope that, you know, the fact checking of those terms will be happening or is this the definition of a word that was coined, just shifting of the debate? >> well, i think it is obviously important to distinguish between the two. in part because if you don't distinguish between the two and make a point of saying, you know, more than half the spending or however much it is is coming from groups that don't disclose their donors. the demand for disclosure is not going to grow, and we are not going to be able to get anything out of the policy-makers in terms of greater transparency in the system. >> but. >> point about a different kind of labeling. journalism, as it was covering the primaries d
the obama campaign. they talked about a secret money during the ama. obama talked about super -- secret super pacs money, and allow the press coverage has also may not make distinctions in terminology and in meaning. do you think that politicians and the press corps should be held to a higher level and that? do you see hope that, you know, the fact checking of those terms will be happening or is this the definition of a word that was coined, just shifting of the debate? >> well, i think...
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in 2008, president obama -- that was before president obama's election, the poverty rate was 13.2% and 38.8 million americans were in poverty. this week's numbers show a 16% increase in just three years. poverty rates remain stuck at its -- at its highest level since 1993. the -- i made many of the same points last week in the response to the president's weekly address, but i feel it's important to make them again. while many americans worry about their shrinking paycheck, far too many others have no paycheck at all. today, today, 23 million americans are unemployed or underemployed. many of these folks are our friends, our neighbors and family members. the undeniable truth -- the undeniable truth -- is president obama is on track to have the worst jobs record of any president since world war ii. when the president was hyping his so-called stimulus program, his economic team claimed that unemployment would not go above 8% and it would actually be below 6% by now. instead, it's been above 8% now for 43 straight months. according to last week's jobs data, unemployment dropped from 8.3% t
in 2008, president obama -- that was before president obama's election, the poverty rate was 13.2% and 38.8 million americans were in poverty. this week's numbers show a 16% increase in just three years. poverty rates remain stuck at its -- at its highest level since 1993. the -- i made many of the same points last week in the response to the president's weekly address, but i feel it's important to make them again. while many americans worry about their shrinking paycheck, far too many others...
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but when this comes to spending the money that we promised them so that they could obama a vital part of americaes -- so that they could become a vital part of mechanic's future, i will make sure that that money is there, so that they have the help they need for the lives we promised them i yield the floor. mr. sessions: madam president, i thank my eloquent colleague. but we don't have a budget. the law requires us to have a budget, passed decade african-american the senate democratic leader of which he is a part -- passed decades ago. the senate democratic leader of which he is a part, said we aren't going to have a budget. we've run up more debt than any time in the history of this republic. there was an agreement to limit spending. it is not a budget. it sets the limit on spending. only on discretionary spending, not on the 60% of the government otherwise that we spend money on. inadequate and insufficient. and before the ink is dry on it, we're back in here with a democratic majority advocating legislation that violates that cap. there's no dispute about it. this is the eighth tim
but when this comes to spending the money that we promised them so that they could obama a vital part of americaes -- so that they could become a vital part of mechanic's future, i will make sure that that money is there, so that they have the help they need for the lives we promised them i yield the floor. mr. sessions: madam president, i thank my eloquent colleague. but we don't have a budget. the law requires us to have a budget, passed decade african-american the senate democratic leader of...
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president obama's way worked and theirs did not. of course while we're better off than we were four years ago and better off than we would be if we had tried austerity instead of president obama's approach, which if you look at the growth of spending, pretty close to austerity, but we're obviously still not where we want to be either in terms of our economy or in terms of our deficit. so what's the right way going forward? first let's talk about deficit reduction. it's clear to me that any solution that does not include both increased revenue and decreased spending simply isn't going to work. the hole's too big for us to tax our way out or to cut our way out. we have to do betting. but the whole is in fact -- we have to do both. but the hole is in fact so big that we can't even just get out of it just by taxing and cutting. we have to grow our way out too. that's why i think we need to invest in education and in infrastructure and in innovation that means early childhood education, which has a return of investment in every study, qu
president obama's way worked and theirs did not. of course while we're better off than we were four years ago and better off than we would be if we had tried austerity instead of president obama's approach, which if you look at the growth of spending, pretty close to austerity, but we're obviously still not where we want to be either in terms of our economy or in terms of our deficit. so what's the right way going forward? first let's talk about deficit reduction. it's clear to me that any...
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the first debate between mitt romney and president barack obama is next wednesday, october 3. jim lehrer moderates from the university of denver. watch and engage with c-span, including a live debate preview, starting at 7:00 p.m. eastern, followed by the domestic policy debate and the postdebate for your reactions and comments. calls, e-mails and tweets. follow us on c-span, c-span radio and at c-span.org. the cato institute held a criminal law hearing. including the sec, and arizona's immigration law case, all agree that criminal law is changing with justices having to deal with increasing new uses for technology for the supreme court begins its new terms and just a few days, monday, october 1. this is just over one hour. >> because of the severe storm warnings we have been receiving, is expected to hit the capital city a little bit later today. in a flash flood warning -- the ones we have been hearing on the radio, i want to remind you that your seat cushions -- [laughter] -- can also be used as flotation devices. please note the exits. [laughter] keeping in mind that the c
the first debate between mitt romney and president barack obama is next wednesday, october 3. jim lehrer moderates from the university of denver. watch and engage with c-span, including a live debate preview, starting at 7:00 p.m. eastern, followed by the domestic policy debate and the postdebate for your reactions and comments. calls, e-mails and tweets. follow us on c-span, c-span radio and at c-span.org. the cato institute held a criminal law hearing. including the sec, and arizona's...
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you and bob had to con for -- convince president obama that candidate obama said about the mandate was incorrect and the second irony was -- think tanks in the '90s as a market base way to extend coverage. so given those two ironies as you saw not just from the evolution, but you literally in n the white house during the oral argument. how did the process play out? >> i think it's a good point. it's possible only in washington, d.c., that you can have a situation where conservatives and republicans come up with an idea, democrats then embrace it and republicans say that's a horrible idea. it just ludicrous. as you correctly point out the history is that the individual mandate was the developed conceptionly by one of my colleagues now, mark from the university of -- and the heritage foundation as a alternative to the employer mandate. they didn't like that. and we, you know, embraced it, had a certain advantages. obviously had had been run in massachusetts and shown to be successful in getting the exchange up. reducing what bob pointed out adverse selection allows you to have something
you and bob had to con for -- convince president obama that candidate obama said about the mandate was incorrect and the second irony was -- think tanks in the '90s as a market base way to extend coverage. so given those two ironies as you saw not just from the evolution, but you literally in n the white house during the oral argument. how did the process play out? >> i think it's a good point. it's possible only in washington, d.c., that you can have a situation where conservatives and...
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i would call them the bush-obama tax rates. president obama also extended them. >> moderator: except for last level? guinta: i extended all of them. he wants to keep four and let two lapse. here is what ernst & young if that occurs. ernst & young issued a report said said you will see gdp growth from 1.9 which is anemic today, down to 1.3. you will see a million jobs across the country. you will see according to the president's numbers $70 billion in revenue a year to the federal government. i ask the question, tell me if you get your tax hikes what that $70 billion would do in the context after $1.1 trillion deficit because it doesn't solve the problem? this is used as political ad that republicans want to support the wealthy. but there is no solution from the other side of the aisle on what you would do next because 70 billion does not solve the problem. shea-porter: okay. well, let me first say i'm glad he is talking about these numbers. you have been there two years. granted not many days, about six days a month of you have
i would call them the bush-obama tax rates. president obama also extended them. >> moderator: except for last level? guinta: i extended all of them. he wants to keep four and let two lapse. here is what ernst & young if that occurs. ernst & young issued a report said said you will see gdp growth from 1.9 which is anemic today, down to 1.3. you will see a million jobs across the country. you will see according to the president's numbers $70 billion in revenue a year to the federal...
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do you think the obama situation could have handled better before or after the attack? >> i don't know the details. we have to study it. i'm sure the answer to the question is yes. when something goes wrong, there's always something you could have done better. whiffs governor, but -- when i was governor, by darkest actually was april 2007, a shooting in virginia tech, the worst crime in the history of the state. i landed in japan on a trade mission, and i got back on, flew back, and i dealt with grieving family members in the community, and what i said from day one is we're going to put in place a panel of people with a broad expertise with no connection to virginia tech, and we'll have them turn it upside down to determine everything that could have been done different to minimize the chance that anything like that happens again. we can't prevent it, but we can minimize that chance. we found a lot of things that could have been done better. things that might have happened at any college campus, but it required us to make significant changes to the menial health laws, s
do you think the obama situation could have handled better before or after the attack? >> i don't know the details. we have to study it. i'm sure the answer to the question is yes. when something goes wrong, there's always something you could have done better. whiffs governor, but -- when i was governor, by darkest actually was april 2007, a shooting in virginia tech, the worst crime in the history of the state. i landed in japan on a trade mission, and i got back on, flew back, and i...
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i'm quoting president obama. quote -- "iran's leaders should understand that i do not have a policy of containment. i have a policy to prevent iran from obtaining nuclear weapons." that is the message of senate resolution 41. that is the message that we must convey as a nation together from all parties, all parts of the united states, all interests that time is limited, time is limited to keep iran from acquiring a nuclear weapons capability so this resolution calls for increased pressure on iran to come into compliance with the united states security rugses. and this resolution -- security resolutions. and this resolution builds on my efforts scaling for successful talks that would lead iran to halt its nuclear program. this resolution says to the world that the united states and the governments of other responsible natio have a vital mutual interest in working together to prevent iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon capability. let us underscore the word and recognize its importance. a nuclear weapons capabilit
i'm quoting president obama. quote -- "iran's leaders should understand that i do not have a policy of containment. i have a policy to prevent iran from obtaining nuclear weapons." that is the message of senate resolution 41. that is the message that we must convey as a nation together from all parties, all parts of the united states, all interests that time is limited, time is limited to keep iran from acquiring a nuclear weapons capability so this resolution calls for increased...
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bush, as was president barack obama. doctor gates has served eight presidents and a number of leadership roles including director of central intelligence agency and deputy, national security advisor. doctor gates was sworn in monday some 18, 2006 as the 22nd secretary of defense. before beaming secretary of defense, doctor gates was the president of texas a&m university, the nation's seventh largest university. prior to assuming the texas a&m presidency, bob served as dean of the george bush school from 99-2001. dr. gates is been awarded the national secure e-mail, the president citizens medal and has twice received the national intelligence distinguished service medal and is three times received cia's highest order, the distinguished intelligence medal. on his last day in office, president obama awarded dr. gates the presidential medal of freedom, america's highest civilian hon. updates as with most honorable and effective public servants i have known, secretary gates, we are deeply indebted to you for being here and i'
bush, as was president barack obama. doctor gates has served eight presidents and a number of leadership roles including director of central intelligence agency and deputy, national security advisor. doctor gates was sworn in monday some 18, 2006 as the 22nd secretary of defense. before beaming secretary of defense, doctor gates was the president of texas a&m university, the nation's seventh largest university. prior to assuming the texas a&m presidency, bob served as dean of the george...
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on obama? >> guest: one thing, and i hope this is not too annoying, if you are a true historian, the idea is that unlike current analyst who wait 30 or 40 years and get the documents that people did not see in real-time and also know how the story turned out so that you could gain ahistorical view -- i was we can do that with health care yet. i think on obama, what was your other question? >> host: bernie is now gone. he wanted to talk about presidential cowardice. >> guest: oh, yes, that's right. in my mind, the worst circle of hell should be for a president of doctors the issues of the most important time. if you're trying to think of an example, i think president buchanan would regret the top of the scale. because for four years he tried to dodge the issue of slavery. he didn't want to get involved. he didn't want to make himself unpopular. the result was that when it really came to a head in 1861, once abraham lincoln had the presidency, the conflict over slavery was four years were violent
on obama? >> guest: one thing, and i hope this is not too annoying, if you are a true historian, the idea is that unlike current analyst who wait 30 or 40 years and get the documents that people did not see in real-time and also know how the story turned out so that you could gain ahistorical view -- i was we can do that with health care yet. i think on obama, what was your other question? >> host: bernie is now gone. he wanted to talk about presidential cowardice. >> guest:...
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protests erupting in afghanistan, so do you think it signals the kind of failure of barack obama's policies in the middle east? thank you so much. >> yeah. the protests -- >> let me get -- >> sorry. >> let me go behind, please. >> here? >> yep. and just wait for the microphone. >> thank you. mr. crocker, in your time in some of the very troubled zones, you mentioned at the top of your remarks how it's about a risking of lives, not about pushing cookies and pinstripes. do you think the situation in libya, in retrospect, should have had more of a crossover between the militaristic end? paul corson with cnn. thank you. >> bill goodfellow, center for international policy. what are we doing to promote a political settlement? as distasteful as it might seem, i think some sort of deal with the taliban has to be put in place or else the civil war's going to continue, and even the good enough, afghanistan good enough that you suggest, i just don't see it's possible. they're tenacious, they're not about to be defeated as long as they have pakistan's backing, and i just think that much more emphasis h
protests erupting in afghanistan, so do you think it signals the kind of failure of barack obama's policies in the middle east? thank you so much. >> yeah. the protests -- >> let me get -- >> sorry. >> let me go behind, please. >> here? >> yep. and just wait for the microphone. >> thank you. mr. crocker, in your time in some of the very troubled zones, you mentioned at the top of your remarks how it's about a risking of lives, not about pushing cookies...